Samaritan’s Purse Volunteers Hard at Work After Hurricane Francine

September 16, 2024 • United States
Volunteers started working over the weekend in Louisiana after Hurricane Francine.

The Category 2 storm made landfall along the Louisiana coast in the early afternoon of Sept. 11.

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Samaritan’s Purse volunteers started work over the weekend in south-central Louisiana in communities damaged by Hurricane Francine. The Category 2 storm made landfall on Wednesday, Sept. 11. Sustained 100-mph winds and dangerous storm surge damaged homes, toppled trees, and flooded neighborhoods. Teams are helping clean up trees and debris, tarp damaged roofs, and clean mud out of homes.

Volunteers are busy cleaning up homes and properties where strong winds damaged roofs and toppled large trees.

Volunteers are busy cleaning up homes and properties where strong winds damaged roofs and toppled large trees.

“I know there will be difficult days ahead for those impacted by the storm, and that’s why we’re responding,” said Franklin Graham, president of Samaritan’s Purse. “We’re going to help those who suffering and remind them that God loves them. Please join me in praying for these hurting families and for our Samaritan’s Purse teams who are responding in Jesus’ Name.”

U.S. Disaster Relief Unit #5—a tractor trailer filled with relief supplies and equipment—departed early Friday, along with additional support vehicles, from our Southwest Ministry Center in Coppell, Texas.

VOLUNTEER IN LOUISIANA

Volunteers are serving out of our base of operations at Life Church, 2324 Coteau Road in Houma, one of three church partners in the region that hosted our team during the 2021 Hurricane Ida response.

This is the latest in a string of relief responses to the Bayou State this decade. Following Hurricane Laura (a devastating Category 4) and Hurricane Delta (Category 1) in the summer and fall of 2020, we deployed U.S. Disaster Relief teams to clean up and patch roofs. We responded to widespread flooding in Lake Charles in May the following year. We also deployed after Hurricane Ida (another Category 4 storm) hit the greater New Orleans area later in 2021.

We also spent more than a year in the region rebuilding homes that were destroyed by Hurricane Laura.

Please pray for hurting residents, for local churches, and for our teams as we respond.

Volunteers pray together before beginning the day's work in south-central Louisiana.

Volunteers pray together before beginning the day’s work in south-central Louisiana.

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U.S. Disaster Relief A gift to U.S. Disaster Relief equips us to respond to catastrophes like Hurricane Helene and other natural disasters in our nation. Samaritan's Purse mobilizes and equips thousands of volunteers to provide emergency relief to survivors of floods, tornadoes, wildfires, and hurricanes. Wherever we go, we bring comfort and the hope of the Gospel of Jesus Christ. In the aftermath of major storms, we often stay behind to rebuild houses for people with nowhere else to turn for help.

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